Saturday, September 5, 2009

Kit Kat Dark

This isn't actually a Japanese Kit Kat but instead comes all the way from Hong Kong. I was super excited to try it because while I enjoy a lot of the fruitier flavored Kit Kats they are usually made with white chocolate and I'm not usually a white chocolate fan. I prefer dark chocolate over everything else.

This Kit Kat though was not worth my excitement. Do you see that picture with the dark chocolate and the wafers? Well it's a lie! I bit into my first finger to find no wafers at all. It was just a bar of plain dark chocolate and not even good dark chocolate at that. It was much too waxy. I don't know if this was an aberration or if all of the Kit Kat Darks come this way but I was severely disappointed. This one merited the low score of a 2 since it hardly qualifies as a Kit Kat without the wafers.

3 comments:

I would hope that was an aberration. My husband brought home a Kit Kat Dark for me from a recent business trip to England, and my Kit Kat Dark definitely had wafers. It was so yummy that I managed to make the bar last a week just so I oculd savor it.

It's odd, but I think Nestle had some sort of problem with their 'wafer accuracy', for want of a better term, in October 2009. I regularly order Nestle Kit Kats from abroad. Recently, I received two boxes manufactured in October '09, around the time I'd assume the bar above was made, about 1 in 3 bars had some problem with the wafers, and 1 in 5 had two or more fingers missing some or all of their expected wafers.

The chocolate is nice, but when you want a Kit Kat, you expect wafers, no?

I really enjoy this blog, but have one question: Can you still eat American Kit Kats? For me, they taste only of sugar, and since you seem to dislike overly sweet things, I wouldn't think so.

About Me

Why Kit Kats?

Because they have all kinds of crazy flavors in Japan, that's why. From Japanese Green Tea flavored ones to Rose, Peach, and Apple Vinegar, there is a cornucopia of Kit Kat flavors to try here. And I'm going to try as many as I can.

If you're also searching for Kits Kats high and wide, read my post Where to Find Kit Kats for tips on where to shop online and in Japan.